<WBR>In St. Louis, a non-Guild piano tuner actually had TOONER on his vanity licence plate. When I asked him about it, he said he is a big band enthusiast, and likes to think of himself as a crooner. TOONER CROONER.  <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> 808-349-2943<br> www.bleespiano.com<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Dean May <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 6:47 am<br> Subject: RE: Where are the new techs needed?<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e> <STYLE> @#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e font-face {font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"; panose-1:3 7 4 2 5 3 2 3 2 3;} #AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e p.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e li.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e div.MsoAutoSig {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_6e235b5c-244e-4184-bad2-56913bae555e div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A tooner is something of an epithet that I’ve previously argued is used a little too freely around here. They are a class of piano techs somewhere below pond scum and “illegal” immigrants (i.e., undocumented aliens without “travel papers”).</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul here, inadvertently I’m sure, neatly gives us only two categories of piano techs, RPT’s and “tooners.” Real life is not quite that neat. </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div> <div class=MsoAutoSig><B><FONT face="Bradley Hand ITC" color=navy size=6><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC'">Dean</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=navy size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: navy">Terre Haute</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"> IN  47802</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"></SPAN></FONT></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Paul T Williams<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, June 13, 2008 11:49 AM<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Pianotech List<br> <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Where are the new techs needed?</SPAN></FONT></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><br> Try Bellingham, Washington.  Seattle is saturated, but northern Washington needs more good RPT's.  There are "tooners" up there and a few RPT's, but not enough. <br> <br> That's all I have to give. <br> <br> Formerly from WA. <br> <br> Paul <br> <br> <br> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">> Paul,</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">>  </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">> I'm sorry but I had to ask I've seen someone write this before, whats </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">> the difference between an RPT tuner, and a "tooner" as so you put?</SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">>  </SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">> Alicia</SPAN></FONT></div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA9B918AFAC2D7-C50-5A5' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" target="_blank">Get the Moviefone Toolbar</A>. 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